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Episode 4: Overshoot & Limits to Growth

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Economic Growth Is for Celebration

Economic growth requires increased energy usage. As we double our economic growth every 22 years, then we're doubling te mount of energy that we have consume. The economy cannot grow without the use of energy. So it's hard to see how we're ging to excpedentially increase the amount of energy we use in the western world. And so as they are quickly playing catchup, it is dramatically increasing the amount ofenergy that's being consumed.

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